The MTM is the most versatile instrument with a wide range of applications such as improving fuel economy and engine efficiency, developing new formulations for railway greases, reducing the wear of artificial joints and perfecting the mouth feel of food and the skin feel of cosmetics
Optimising the friction and wear properties of a system can significantly improve the performance and reduce operating costs. Testing lubricants and materials under realistic contact conditions is imperative to understanding where improvements can be made.

Interacting surfaces that have a relative motion span from pure rolling to pure sliding. The MTM has a unique ball and disc configuration, enabling any combination of rolling and sliding conditions to be inputted, spanning across all three lubrication regimes ( boundary, mixed and EHL ).

Compact and fully automated, the MTM measures the frictional properties under a wide range of speeds, loads and temperatures enabling quick characterisation of lubricants, materials and formulations

Features

• Independently driven specimens enabling a wide range of contact conditions to be replicated across all three lubrication regimes
• Unqiue configuration eliminates induced spin in the contact improving accuracy of results
• Combined with the SLIM, the MTM can automatically measure anti-wear film build up throughout the test analysing the performance of additive packages
• Simple test setup and calibration procedure, helps to produce fast and repeatable results
• Requires minimal lab space and user intervention.
• The standard ball and disc specimens can be made from almost any combination of materials, including metals, ceramics, polymers, elastomers and coated substrates.